Lillian Wright

I am so thankful for a God who answers prayer, that I can be among God’s people, and for a Gospel that teaches the true way to the living God.

When I was a young girl I was hungry for the Gospel and I tried to find God. I joined the little church near where I was living, but didn’t get any satisfaction from that. I was disappointed that I didn’t feel any different. There was something missing; I didn’t feel any love, peace, or joy.

Years went by and I married and forgot all about God. I discovered after getting married, that my husband drank almost continually. It wasn’t long before we were drinking together in our home and having card parties. The devil was in that home. We thought we were having a good time, but I experienced all the trials and troubles that come with drinking. I never knew what was going to happen when my husband came home.

After we had children, my husband began staying out nights. We quarreled in a terrible way, and he caused so much trouble in our town that the police finally told him, “You are not fit for the family. You better leave them.” He went away, and I was glad he was gone. I had learned to hate my husband.

I thought I would have a good time after my husband left, but it didn’t turn out that way. I became bitter, and the hatred in my heart increased.

After almost three years, my husband wound up on skid road in Portland, Oregon, where he heard an Apostolic Faith street meeting. He wrote to me and said he had found God. He said God had saved his soul and cured him of the drink habit, taking away the very desire for alcohol. He had tried so many times before to quit that I didn’t believe there was any power that could stop that man from drinking. I just ridiculed his letters.

The Apostolic Faith people prayed for us, and God does answer prayer. It took about a year for me to consent to move. When I did, I saw that my husband was completely changed; he was a different man. Then I met God’s people, and I wanted what they had. I went to the altar and prayed, and they prayed for me, and the Lord saved my soul.

The Lord gave us a home where there was love. My husband and I were united with our children. It did not seem possible for my heart to have any love in it again, but God penetrated my heart and put His love in. He later sanctified me and baptized me with the Holy Ghost.

I was a hard, bitter woman with hatred in my heart, but God took that out. Our home had been broken by drinking, gambling, and other sins of this world, but the Lord brought us back together again. God put love in my heart, and a peace that only He can give. I am so thankful for all He did for us.